That's a big schnoz.

How to get what you want creatively without pissing people off.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 May 18, 2023 | [Read Online]( That's a big schnoz. How to get what you want creatively without pissing people off. [Cole Schafer]( May 18, 2023 [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20The%20Process.&body=That%27s%20a%20big%20schnoz.%3A%20How%20to%20get%20what%20you%20want%20creatively%20without%20pissing%20people%20off.%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.getthesticky.com%2Fp%2Fschnoz) Five hundred years ago, the mayor of Florence found himself with an enormous block of marble that no sculptor would touch with a ten-foot pole. Mayor Piero Soderini spend a small fortune on the marble with the intention of it becoming a masterpiece but, like a dumbass, he hired an amateur sculptor fresh out of sculpting school who completely fumbled the project. The harlequin bored a bowling-ball size hole through the middle of the marble where the masterpiece-to-be's legs were supposed to go. The damage was so tragic that even Leonardo da Vinci himself wouldn't come near it. Fortunately, there was another sculptor who would. *In walks Michelangelo* Michelangelo felt he could carve a fine statue from the rock by staggering the figure's pose. It was a huge artistic risk but if he could pull it off, the hole in the marble would fall directly between the legs of the statue. This creative constraint birthed arguably the greatest masterpiece to come out of the Renaissance... The statue of David. Mayor Soderini was a tough client, thought, and when he first laid eyes on David, he told Michelangelo that his nose was too big. Rather than argue with Soderini, Michelangelo asked him to take several steps back as he climbed to the very top of the scaffolding; and when the mayor wasn't looking, he scooped up a handful of marble dust. At the top, Michelangelo hid David’s nose with the palm of his hand as he “chiseled” away, letting loose from his hands the marble dust he had collected. Once he was finished, he asked Soderini what he thought. “You’ve made it come alive.” Sometimes, getting what you want creatively doesn’t have to happen through brute force. By [Cole Schafer](. P.S. If you'd like to support this newsletter, tell someone to [subscribe](. [tw]( [ig]( [in]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © The Process 228 Park Ave S, #29976, New York, New York 10003, United States [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](